Complete guide to all PoshGuard documentation - Updated 2025-11-11
Use this page to navigate the docs. Prefer short, runnable examples and link deep-dives under docs/reference/.
Start here if you're new to PoshGuard:
- Quick Start - Get running in 5 minutes
- Install Guide - Installation instructions for all platforms
- Usage Guide - Basic usage and common scenarios
- Beginners Guide - Comprehensive introduction
- Architecture Overview - System design and module structure
- How It Works - Technical deep dive into fix engine
- Roadmap - Future plans and feature requests
- RipGrep Integration - 5-10x faster scanning
- RipGrep Usage Guide - Practical RipGrep examples
- GitHub SARIF Integration - Code Scanning setup
- MCP Integration Guide - Claude/LLM integration
- Security Framework - NIST/OWASP/CIS compliance
- Advanced Detection - ML-powered detection
- SARIF Implementation - SARIF export details
- API Reference - Function signatures and parameters
- Configuration Guide - Settings and customization
- Checks Catalog - Complete list of rules and fixes
- Testing Guide - How to run and write tests
- Test Plan - Comprehensive test strategy
- Test Rationale - Testing decisions and architecture
- Quick Reference - Developer cheat sheet
- Implementation Status - Current test coverage
- Test Optimization Guide - Making tests faster
- Test Performance Best Practices - Performance tips
- Test Performance Guide - Benchmarking and profiling
- Test Performance Issues - Common problems and solutions
- Pester Architect Analysis - Test framework analysis
- Testing Implementation - Implementation details
- Contributing Guide - How to contribute
- Code of Conduct - Community guidelines
- Engineering Standards - Code quality standards
- Version Management - Release process
- CI Integration - GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab
- Dependabot - Dependency management
- Runbooks Directory - Operational procedures
- Examples Directory - Code samples and demos
- Demo Instructions - How to demo PoshGuard
- Audit Report - Deep audit: 5 critical bugs fixed
- Enhancements Report - 8 major UX improvements
- Comprehensive Test Audit 2025 - Test suite audit
- Pester Architect Implementation - Test implementation report
- Changelog - Version history and release notes
PoshGuard/
├── README.md # Project overview
├── CONTRIBUTING.md # How to contribute
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md # Community standards
├── SECURITY.md # Security policy
├── AUDIT_REPORT.md # Latest audit (2025-11-11)
├── ENHANCEMENTS_REPORT.md # Latest enhancements (2025-11-11)
│
├── docs/ # 📚 Main documentation
│ ├── DOCUMENTATION_INDEX.md (this file)
│ ├── quick-start.md # 5-min quickstart
│ ├── install.md # Installation
│ ├── usage.md # Basic usage
│ ├── ARCHITECTURE.md # System design
│ ├── BEGINNERS-GUIDE.md # Comprehensive intro
│ ├── MCP-GUIDE.md # Claude integration
│ ├── RIPGREP_*.md # RipGrep guides
│ ├── PESTER_*.md # Testing analysis
│ ├── TEST_*.md # Testing guides
│ │
│ ├── reference/ # 📖 Reference docs
│ │ ├── SECURITY-FRAMEWORK.md
│ │ ├── ADVANCED-DETECTION.md
│ │ ├── GITHUB-SARIF-INTEGRATION.md
│ │ └── SARIF-IMPLEMENTATION-SUMMARY.md
│ │
│ ├── development/ # 👨💻 Developer docs
│ │ ├── README.md
│ │ ├── ENGINEERING-STANDARDS.md
│ │ ├── VERSION-MANAGEMENT.md
│ │ ├── DEPENDABOT.md
│ │ ├── ci-integration.md
│ │ ├── workflows/ # Workflow docs
│ │ └── tools/ # Tool-specific docs
│ │
│ ├── examples/ # 💡 Code examples
│ └── runbooks/ # 📋 Operations
│
└── tests/ # 🧪 Testing documentation
├── README.md # Test suite overview
├── TESTING_GUIDE.md # How to run tests
├── PESTER_ARCHITECT_TEST_PLAN.md # Test strategy
├── QUICK_REFERENCE.md # Developer cheat sheet
└── IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY_PESTER_ARCHITECT.md
- I want to install PoshGuard → install.md
- I want to fix my scripts → quick-start.md
- I want to skip specific rules → usage.md (see -Skip parameter)
- I want faster scanning → RIPGREP_INTEGRATION.md
- I want GitHub integration → reference/GITHUB-SARIF-INTEGRATION.md
- I want to contribute → ../CONTRIBUTING.md
- I want to run tests → ../tests/TESTING_GUIDE.md
- I want to understand architecture → ARCHITECTURE.md
- End User → Start with quick-start.md
- DevOps Engineer → See development/ci-integration.md
- Security Analyst → See reference/SECURITY-FRAMEWORK.md
- Developer/Contributor → See ../CONTRIBUTING.md and development/
- QA/Tester → See ../tests/TESTING_GUIDE.md
All PoshGuard documentation follows these standards:
- Markdown format - GitHub-flavored markdown
- Clear structure - Logical sections with headers
- Code examples - Runnable examples for all features
- Cross-references - Links to related docs
- Date stamps - Last updated dates on major docs
- Concise - Focus on practical information
- GitHub Issues: https://github.com/cboyd0319/PoshGuard/issues
- Discussions: https://github.com/cboyd0319/PoshGuard/discussions
- Security Issues: See SECURITY.md
Last Updated: 2025-11-11 Documentation Status: ✅ Current and Complete Total Documents: 60+ files across docs/, tests/, and root